US Patent Issued to Toshiba Tec on March 25 for "Heating device and image processing apparatus including heat transfer member contacting a heater in amounts varying with position along the heater" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,669, issued on March 25, was assigned to Toshiba Tec K.K. (Tokyo).

"Heating device and image processing apparatus including heat transfer member contacting a heater in amounts varying with position along the heater" was invented by Ryota Saeki (Sunto Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating device includes a cylindrical film a heater disposed inside the cylindrical film on an inner surface of the cylindrical film. The heater has a plurality of heating elements that are spaced from each other at intervals along an axial direction. A heat transfer member contacts the heater. The heat transfer member is arranged such th...